Summary: Series 6 Issue 2
Published: Autumn 1996
Editor: Trevor Stone
Featured in this issue:
This issue features the 1996 International Sword Dance Gathering in Scarborough featured performances by 45 teams from the UK and overseas. This event, the world’s largest of its kind, was meticulously planned despite financial and logistical challenges. It included historical and modern sword dances, workshops, and a conference on sword dance traditions. Highlights included a grand procession, an overseas showcase, and various cultural exchanges. The gathering emphasized the rich diversity and historical significance of sword dancing, fostering international connections and future event planning.
Baden-Wurttemberg Sword Dancers; Bagnasco Bal do Sabre; Bobkovnici; Half Moon Sword; In de Kring; Jack the Rapper; Komna; Lange Wapper Dansgroep; Longwood Rapper; Markiria; Orion Sword; Quevaucamps Sword Dancers; Toronto Women’s Sword; Uberlingen Sword Dance Company; Addison Rapper; Bishop Gundulf’s Sword; Carlisle Sword, Morris & Clog; Claro Sword & Morris; Clydeside Sword and Step Dancers; Coventry Mummers; Dorset Button Rapper; East Saxon Sword; Flamborough Longsword; Gift Rapper; Goathland Plough Stots; Grenoside Traditional Longsword Dancers; Handsworth Traditional Sword Dancers; High Spen Blue Diamond Rapper; Newcastle Kingsmen Rapper; Redcar Sword Dancers; The Rumworth Morris of Bolton; Ryburn Longsword; Ryknild Rabble; Sallyport Sword Dancers; Snark Rapper; Southport Swords; Stone Monkey Rapper; Stevenage Sword; Sullivan’s Sword; Thrale’s Rapper; White Star Sword Dancers; Wype Doles Sword Dancers; Yorkshire Coast Morris.
The Sword Gathering; International Folk Dance event in London, 1935; Longsword weekends; Conference on Sword Dance; Overseas Showcase; Procession through Scarborough; Workshops; Church service at St Martin-on-the-Hill Church.
#Editor:
Trevor Stone
#Citation:
Rattle Up My Boys (RUMB),
6(2), Autumn 1996
https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/magazines/rumb/series-06-issue-02/
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